A Hybrid Transmitter With Voltage-Mode SST Preemphasis and Current-Mode Transmitter Equalization Capable of Operating at 77 K in DUNE

Wang, Xiaoran; Gui, Ping

doi:10.1109/tns.2023.3239055

Title: A Hybrid Transmitter With Voltage-Mode SST Preemphasis and Current-Mode Transmitter Equalization Capable of Operating at 77 K in DUNE

Journal Article · Mon Jan 23 00:00:00 UTC 2023 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2023.3239055 · OSTI ID:2283750

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Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) requires that the front-end transmitters operate at cryogenic temperature and drive 25–35 m long twin-axial (twinax) cables. Here, to compensate the frequency-dependent channel loss over the long cables and alleviate the de-emphasizing of the low-frequency signal magnitude, a hybrid of a current-mode (CM) transmitter equalization (TXEQ) and a voltage-mode (VM) preemphasis is proposed. The TXEQ employs a finite-impulse response (FIR) filter to boost the high-frequency components while de-emphasizing the low-frequency signal magnitude, thereby flattening the overall channel frequency response and reducing the intersymbol interference (ISI). The VM preemphasis is proposed to further mitigate ISI by boosting the high-frequency portion without degrading the signal magnitude, allowing for high signal swing. The main driver utilizes VM source-series-terminated (SST) output stages, which offers higher signal swing and better power efficiency than the conventional CM logic (CML) drivers. To ensure the lifetime and reliability at cryogenic temperature, the transmitter is implemented in a 65-nm CMOS process operating at 1.1 V of supply voltage and employing transistors with larger than minimum lengths. Silicon measurement results at 77 K have validated the proposed approaches.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 2283750

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB--23-219-ITD; oai:inspirehep.net:2656174

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 70; ISSN 0018-9499

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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